Deb Busman
@bluedog77.bsky.social
Writer, Professor emeritus Creative Writing and Social Action, lover of social justice and all things dogs. Editor: FIRE & INK: ANTHOLOGY OF SOCIAL ACTION WRITING; Author: LIKE A WOMAN, novel
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Their silencing must be our speaking. Words to encourage in our homes, institutions, and neighborhoods.
Source: NYT
Source: NYT
March 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Their silencing must be our speaking. Words to encourage in our homes, institutions, and neighborhoods.
Source: NYT
Source: NYT
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Over a million federal workers refused to comply with Musk’s email ultimatum last week, offering a glimpse of what mass noncooperation can look like.
We’re seeing the beginnings of mass noncompliance
Over a million federal workers refused to comply with Musk’s email ultimatum, offering a glimpse of what mass noncooperation can look like.
wagingnonviolence.org
February 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Over a million federal workers refused to comply with Musk’s email ultimatum last week, offering a glimpse of what mass noncooperation can look like.
NPR Exclusive: The Episcopal bishop of Washington spoke with NPR to discuss her sermon addressing President Trump and why she asked him to have mercy.
Bishop Mariann Budde tells NPR 'I won't apologize' for sermon addressing Trump
The Episcopal bishop of Washington spoke with NPR to discuss her sermon addressing President Trump and why she asked him to have mercy.
www.npr.org
January 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Read the always incredible Xochitl Gonzalez on the loss of Altadena.
"There’s a secondary sadness hovering over middle-class Altadena, and certainly over anyone on the margins of poverty. Altadena will build itself back. But how? And for whom?"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
"There’s a secondary sadness hovering over middle-class Altadena, and certainly over anyone on the margins of poverty. Altadena will build itself back. But how? And for whom?"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Altadena After the Fire
The pain of one of the last middle-class towns in Los Angeles
www.theatlantic.com
January 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN LOS ANGELES:
If you’re looking to get involved with volunteer efforts in LA, please check out this list provided by Mutual Aid LA:
If you’re looking to get involved with volunteer efforts in LA, please check out this list provided by Mutual Aid LA:
LA Fires | IN PERSON Volunteer Opps
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January 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN LOS ANGELES:
If you’re looking to get involved with volunteer efforts in LA, please check out this list provided by Mutual Aid LA:
If you’re looking to get involved with volunteer efforts in LA, please check out this list provided by Mutual Aid LA:
Grant applications open for the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund! demingfund.org
November 24, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Grant applications open for the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund! demingfund.org
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Maya Schenwar and Kim Wilson’s book invites us to rethink how structures of carceral domination are designed to break the bonds that unite us as caregivers and as human beings.
Abolition Work Shows Us There’s Joy to Be Found Even as the World Is on Fire
Care work and parenting work are not an accessory to abolition — they are core to the struggle itself.
truthout.org
November 19, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Maya Schenwar and Kim Wilson’s book invites us to rethink how structures of carceral domination are designed to break the bonds that unite us as caregivers and as human beings.